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Dyan deNapoli

Dyan deNapoli
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Dyan deNapoli

Dyan deNapoli has worked closely with penguins at Boston's New England Aquarium and in the wild for fifteen years. She has been featured as a penguin expert on several television and radio programs, was hired as the content reviewer for three books... Read full bio

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Q. What is your motto or maxim?
A. Do the thing that scares you. Every challenge is an opportunity to stretch and grow.
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My life in 8 words: "Critical things: family, friends, animals, nature, art, adventure."
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The Great Penguin Rescue will be released on August 16, 2011 in Trade Paperback
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The Great Penguin Rescue is now available in Trade Paperback
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The Great Penguin Rescue will be released on October 26, 2010 in Hardcover, eBook
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Dyan deNapoli Revealed

Q. What is your motto or maxim? A. Do the thing that scares you. Every challenge is an opportunity to stretch and grow. Q. What is your greatest achievement? A. Definitely taking part in the successful animal rescue effort following the Treasure oil spill. Q. If you could eat only one thing for the rest of your days, what would it be? A. Chocolate. Is that wrong? Q. If you could be anywhere in the world right now, where would you choose to be? A. The Antarctic Peninsula, surrounded by penguins and ice. Q. What 3 personal qualities are most important to you? A. integrity, kindness, generosity Learn more about Dyan deNapoli

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Brockton Enterprise, January 12, 2012
...Dyan DeNapoli, author of the "The Great Penguin Rescue," delivers the first of the 2012 Water Watch Lecture Series Wednesday in Norwell. Last update Jan 12, 2012 @ 01:29...
Brockton Enterprise, January 12, 2012
...Dyan DeNapoli, author of the "The Great Penguin Rescue," delivers the first of the 2012 Water Watch Lecture Series Wednesday in Norwell. In 2000, more than 12,500 volunteers converged...
Wicked Local Norwell, January 12, 2012
...Penguin aquarist, educator and author Dyan deNapoli was one of a legion of volunteers who rescued thousands of penguins after an iron-ore carrier spilled 1,300 tons of oil into the ocean off the coast of...
Wicked Local Norwell, January 12, 2012
...Penguin aquarist Dyan deNapoli, also known as “the Penguin Lady.” Norwell — On June 23, 2000, an iron-ore carrier named the MV Treasure sank off the coast of Cape Town, South Africa, spilling...
Wicked Local Norwell, December 16, 2011
...Oil Spill and the Inspiring Story of the World’s Largest Animal Rescue – Jan. 18, with author Dyan deNapoli. When an iron-ore carrier sank off the coast of South Africa in June 2000, nearly half the entire world population of African penguins was...
Boston Globe, December 15, 2011
...Jan. 18 with a story drawn from another hemisphere. A dynamic speaker who styles herself "The Penguin Lady,'' Dyan deNapoli will speak about her book "The Great Penguin Rescue: 40,000 Penguins, a Devastating Oil Spill, and the Inspiring Story of the...
Daily Times, January 29, 2012
...success. While odd coloration may make fishing a bit more difficult, leucistic birds are regularly found breeding normally.’ Dyan deNapoli, a penguin expert and author of ‘The Great Penguin Rescue, said the rate of leucism in Chinstrap penguins is...
Mail Online UK, January 25, 2012
...success. While odd coloration may make fishing a bit more difficult, leucistic birds are regularly found breeding normally.' Dyan deNapoli, a penguin expert and author of 'The Great Penguin Rescue, said the rate of leucism in Chinstrap penguins is about...